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    Poverty in America

    New Census Bureau data shows nearly 16 percent of Americans live below the poverty line— a record 49.1 million people. Though the labor market has struggled to gain traction in recent months, the ranks of America's poor continue to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s.

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    1. In this July 16, 2012, photo, Laura Fritz, 27, left, with her daughter Adalade Goudeseune fills out a form at the Jefferson Action Center, an assistance center in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. Both F
    2. Reading, Pennsylvania Struggles To Overcome Vast Swaths Of Poverty
    3. Reading, Pennsylvania Struggles To Overcome Vast Swaths Of Poverty
    4. Reading, Pennsylvania Struggles To Overcome Vast Swaths Of Poverty
    5. Reading, Pennsylvania Struggles To Overcome Vast Swaths Of Poverty
    6. Reading, Pennsylvania Struggles To Overcome Vast Swaths Of Poverty
    7. This Sept. 14, 2011 photo shows Thomas McDaniel, left, Brandi Wells, and her 10-month-old son Logan Tanner Wells on the porch of their apartment in Kingwood, W.Va. Wells, a single mom, is struggling t
    8. In this Sept. 16, 2011 photo, Kris Fallon holds her 4-month-old daughter Addison, in Palatine, Ill., as her 15-year-old son Gared, left, and husband Jim Fallon look on. The Fallon family has been livi
    9. In this Sept. 16, 2011 photo, Kris Fallon holds her 4-month-old daughter Addison, in Palatine, Ill., as her husband Jim, left, and 15-year-old son Gared look on. The Fallon family has been living in p
    10. In this Sept. 16, 2011 photo, Kris Fallon kisses her 4-month-old daughter Addison, in Palatine, Ill. The Fallon family has been living in poverty for nearly two years. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
    11. In this Sept. 16, 2011 photo, Kris Fallon holds her 4-month-old daughter Addison, in Palatine, Ill., as her 15-year-old son Gared Fallon looks on. The Fallon family has been living in poverty for near
    12. In this Sept. 15, 2011 photo, Bill Ricker, 74, walks to his trailer in Hartford, Maine. Ricker, who has two college degrees, has worked as an electronics repairman, a pastor and a TV cameraman. He and
    13. In this Sept. 15, 2011 photo, Bill Ricker, 74, sits at the kitchen table of his trailer home, in Hartford, Maine. Ricker, who has two college degrees, was injured in the late 1980s and hasn
    14. In this Sept. 15, 2011 photo, Bill Ricker talks with his ex-wife Judith Odyssey in the trailer home they share, in Hartford, Maine. They divorced around 1995 and she moved out. But he offered to let h
    15. In this Sept. 15, 2011 photo, Bill Ricker, 74, looks out the screen door of his trailer home on a rainy day, in Hartford, Maine. Ricker, who has two college degrees, has worked as an electronics repai
    16. In this Sept. 15, 2011 photo, Bill Ricker, 74, looks out the screen door of his trailer home on a rainy day in Hartford, Maine. Ricker, who has two college degrees, has worked as an electronics repair
    17. In this Sept. 15, 2011 photo, Judith Odyssey sits at the kitchen table in the trailer she shares with her ex-husband Bill Ricker in Hartford, Maine. Odyssey divorced Ricker in 1995 and moved out. But
    18. In this Sept. 15, 2011 photo, Judith Odyssey gets some help from her ex-husband Bill Ricker in the trailer home they share, in Hartford, Maine. They divorced around 1995 and she moved out. But he offe

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